Emperor of Arcane

October 10th.

Bay collar.

Mist Fortress.

clear.

The thin mist gradually dissipated invisible under the light of the pale golden sunlight.

The swamp, full of puddles and reeds, has turned into a confined puddle.

The water was rippled with splashes, revealing pieces of scurrying fish fry.

The house that separated the puddles smelled faintly of fertile odor.

The composted manure, mixed with the dark silt of the swamp, is undergoing wonderful changes.

Control of these newly constructed fertilizer plants rests with the territory.

For a long time, many fertilizers produced by fertilizer plants will only be supplied to the Gulf Territory.

This is destined to be a loss-making business. Even if the cost is not high, only the territory will implement the operation.

Most of the fertilizer produced by fertilizer plants will be used to fertilize nearby farmland.

Every fortress, stronghold, and camp will be equipped with such a fertilizer plant.

Not only can it handle domestic waste, but it can also conduct research and transformation of fertilizers.

As Matthew earned several million gold coins in research rewards, more and more researchers began to invest in it.

Matthew, who came for inspection, emphatically inspected the expansion and defense facilities of the Mist Fortress.

Field, the old village chief who guarded the Mist Fortress, was not lazy and carried out two rounds of expansion of the fortress.

Currently, the Mist Fortress can accommodate 100,000 people and station more than 5,000 garrison troops.

Of course, due to the particularity of training soldiers in the Gulf Territory, each fortress and stronghold selects the qualifications of reserve soldiers themselves.

But almost all soldiers will be trained in Bay City.

Even if Matthew controls the financial resources, propaganda, ideas, and most of the troops, he will never be arrogant or relaxed. He will rely on the advantages of the system to firmly control the army.

Anyway, with railroad tracks and golem trains, it is not difficult to transport people and supplies on a large scale.

If the situation is urgent, you can also directly call the teleportation array for support.

Considering the coming dragon disaster, Matthew continued to say to Field who was following him:

"Along the entire Misty Swamp, sentry towers for surveillance must be built in a timely manner."

"The size of the sentry tower does not necessarily have to be large, but it must be high enough and have solid underground facilities."

"At the same time, form a flexible patrol team to patrol the area between the guard towers to detect the enemy in time."

Field nodded. Although he did not understand what the lord said about building a sentry tower, it did not prevent him from carrying out the lord's order seriously.

After all, the lord made quite a few unexpected moves, but every time he achieved very good results.

In the hearts of the vast majority of the Gulf Territory people, the Lord's prestige and ability are unparalleled.

We do whatever he says without any reason!

Before leaving, Matthew asked Field to give a "secret" order.

"Send a message to those adventurers with the strongest strength and greatest achievements."

"Clean and explore all dragon-blooded creatures around the entire Mist Fortress."

"Give them a higher price. Anyway, we will resell the recovered materials to them after we make them."

"If possible, let them catch them alive, and the Gulf Territory will offer a better price."

Yes, this is why the Gulf Territory can maintain tens of thousands of adventurers and develop within the territory.

Interest attracts.

The average price of tasks in the Gulf Territory is 30% higher than that in other territories.

If the rewards are high, more adventurers will naturally be willing to come.

Less consumption.

Prices in the Gulf Territory are cheap. Not only are daily necessities high-quality and low-priced, but adventure supplies are also very affordable.

On average, it's 40% cheaper than elsewhere.

Earn more and spend less.

The returns from adventure in the Gulf Territory are at least 50% higher than elsewhere.

Such a huge gap can attract most adventurers nearby.

Especially in Blood Moon City, where no new ruins have been discovered for several years, more than 1/3 of the adventurers are attracted here.

There are quite a large number of intermediate and even high-level adventurers among them.

Whether it's the Hollow Lizard of the Swamp Ruins.

A vast dark forest.

Teleportation array authority that can directly go to Bloody Pass.

And the underground world, which is quite popular recently.

It can make many high-level adventurers flock to it.

In addition to these adventure areas with rich output, what excites these high-level adventurers the most.

Naturally, it is the magic props and equipment provided by the Gulf Territory.

Although the Gulf Territory is not yet able to mass-produce advanced enchanted armor and equipment.

But ordinary and intermediate enchanted weapons and equipment can be mass-produced by the Gulf Territory as long as the materials are sufficient.

It is difficult for most adventurers to obtain suitable magic weapons and equipment.

There is a price but no market, no channels, and it cannot be customized.

These are situations that plague high-level adventurers.

Even if the Gulf Territory produces only ordinary and intermediate magic weapons and equipment, it is enough to make these high-level adventurers excited.

They can first purchase a set of ordinary and intermediate enchanted equipment that suits them at a very affordable price.

This kind of temptation can allow these mid-to-high-level adventurers to stay peacefully in the Gulf Territory for at least two years.

Two years later, new and good things are waiting for them.

With the addition of Mordenkainen and his group of spellcasters.

The Gulf Territory's magic equipment manufacturing capabilities are rapidly improving and growing.

According to Matthew's strategy, the spellcasters trained in the Gulf Territory should first learn how to make advanced magic equipment.

Then, its manufacturing capabilities will be combined with automated production plants.

Only by being able to mass-produce high-end magic equipment can a large number of troops be fielded.

It is a huge waste of manpower and resources to rely solely on senior mages or professionals to hand-make each piece.

Of course, the Bay Area still has a long way to go to achieve this.

Matthew did not stay in the Mist Fortress for too long and went to inspect the three newly established border towns in the Mist Swamp.

After laying out the corresponding development strategies and tower construction tasks, Matthew also took the time to visit Sweetwater Town.

To Matthew's expectation, Sweetwater Town, which was in ruins, was shrouded in a strange shadow.

The surrounding area of ​​several kilometers is affected by it.

Matthew didn't feel any danger from it, but he could vaguely sense that something was wrong.

"It seems that there must be another hidden reason behind the black dragon's attack here..."

If it were before, we would be facing this time bomb that could explode at any time.

Matthew will definitely mobilize people to inspect and study it.

As his strength improves and his control over the power of destiny gradually increases, Matthew has better ways to deal with these crises.

What is a crisis?

Except for irresistible natural disasters.

Whether it's the "dragon tide" that's about to break out, or the "dungeon change" that's causing turmoil in Bloodmoon City or even the entire eastern province, the monsters that create chaos are all monsters that can be killed.

In the past, if you were unprepared to be attacked by these monsters, you would definitely suffer heavy losses and be devastated.

However, once you change your mind, the situation is completely different.

For players, slowly farming and developing can indeed lead to success.

Constantly challenging various dangerous monsters and solving various crises will also make players happy.

In the absence of players as a group, Matthew has to artificially create a group of "players" who are not afraid of death.

The adventurers who are attracted can fulfill this requirement to a certain extent.

Driven by interests, the adventurers helped the Gulf Territory resolve some of the crises and reduce some of the pressure to use force.

Then, those monsters that are killed can become nutrients for the growth of Matthew and the Gulf Territory.

With the growing population and strength of the Gulf Territory, as long as it can get the first bite of the benefits, it can quickly snowball development.

Leave Sweetwater in ruins.

Matthew gave him a surveillance mission to monitor the area of ​​Sweetwater Town, but never get close.

Matthew went to major strongholds and camps to check their development preparations.

The entire Gulf Territory has set off a building frenzy.

The adventurers who received the new mission also took action.

In the next few days, information about many dragon-blooded creatures in the territory reached Matthew one after another.

There are many types of dragon-blooded creatures, and most of them are not very powerful.

To be more precise, the concentration of dragon blood in their bodies is quite low, and the "bloodline effect" they exhibit will be relatively weak.

This also means that most dragon blood creatures have no effect.

However, the hunting team composed of mid- to high-level adventurers still captured many dragon-blooded creatures that Matthew was interested in.

"Dragon blood lizard, intermediate magical creature, challenge level 7+, unique expertise, advanced expertise - camouflage camouflage."

"Dragon turtle, high-level magical creature, challenge level 13+, unique expertise, advanced expertise-thorn armor."

"Two-headed flying dragon, high-end top magical creature, challenge level 15+, unique expertise, extraordinary expertise - commander!"

Yaya is very satisfied with these two advanced specialties. Her concealment, camouflage and defense abilities can be further improved.

What Matthew valued most was naturally his extraordinary specialty - commander.

Matthew spent nearly half an hour analyzing and got all the rest of the information.

Extraordinary feats - Commander LV1, Charisma +2, Armor of all surrounding friendly units +1, Attack power increased by 10%!

This expertise is very important and can greatly improve group combat capabilities.

However, achieving this feat is very difficult.

Even Yaya, with the help of Matthew, spent nearly 3 million Destiny Power to learn successfully.

The Bay Area became lively.

Matthew wasn't too happy, though.

With the development of the underground world, the Gulf Territory began a new round of military expansion.

Now, it is necessary to build various sentry towers, form new patrol teams, and spend a lot of effort to hire high-level adventurers to clean up and capture dragon-blooded creatures.

These can only be solved with gold coins.

Butler Ralph looked helplessly at the disapproving lord, and carefully counted the financial situation of the Gulf Territory and said:

"Territory construction has increased to 1.5 million gold coins per month, underground world development has increased to 4 million gold coins, and research investment has increased to 1.5 million gold coins per month."

"Including the 1 million gold coins per month raised by Dongfang Hongye Mulberry, children and professionals, and the 1.5 million gold coins from the Abyss Fissure and Bloody Pass."

"The monthly expenditure of the Gulf Territory has reached 10.5 million gold coins!"

With such an astonishing amount of expenditure, even the current monthly income of the Gulf Territory is as high as 11.5 million gold coins.

The monthly balance is only 1 million gold coins.

For an ordinary viscounty territory, a monthly balance of 1 million gold coins is definitely an income that can make the lord laugh out loud in his dreams.

Even an ordinary earldom does not have such a large income.

The mage lord in a certain laboratory raised his head blankly, looked around, resisted the urge to sneeze, and continued to engage in experiments.

Short of money again!

Matthew looked at Butler Ralph’s helpless expression, smiled slightly and continued:

"Don't worry, although we didn't find any more gold in the underground world."

"But the many ore veins found can further enhance our production capacity."

Butler Ralph, who sensed Matthew's meaning, nodded thoughtfully, bowed to Matthew, and walked towards the underground research institute.

What should I do if I am short of money?

Get sponsorship and invest!

The richest "investors", apart from the Third and Eighth Legions and the Dwarf Kingdom, are naturally the El elves!

And, it’s a really good time!

The Cole Elf Kingdom has been mobilizing troops, and the target of the attack is the El Elf.

Just like the dwarf kingdom needs to purchase a large amount of military supplies.

When the Elf Kingdom of Korle came down with a super army that dominated the entire northern continent, it was overwhelming.

The El Elves inevitably need a lot of supplies.

Matthew didn't know why Ani didn't have a keen awareness in this regard, but it didn't stop him from revealing the matter.

And, as the tree of life gradually grows.

Matthew has accumulated another 20 million Destiny Power, and it's time to remind Aini to make a transaction.

After being reminded, Aini suppressed the excitement in her heart and looked away from Sera who was silent.

She followed Butler Ralph and came to Matthew.

Compared with the previous curiosity, Aini looked at Matthew with more shock.

During this period of time, Aini put aside her usual study and training and devoted herself wholeheartedly to the research of flesh and blood spells.

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.

Only after learning more about flesh and blood spells can Aini understand them.

These transformation spells that Matthew researched and created are so exquisite and magnificent.

Just understanding these spells thoroughly makes Aini feel quite strenuous.

It is also necessary to unleash these wonderful spells on the body, develop appropriate surgeries, and finally complete the transformation.

Just thinking about it makes Aini feel incredible.

The body itself is a very delicate whole.

Changes in various spells will have two completely different effects, good and bad.

It felt to Aini as if Matthew had found the only possible path to success among countless impossibilities.

Therefore, Ani's feelings towards Matthew have undergone deeper changes.

Matthew noticed the change and the smile on his face grew wider.

This is what he did on purpose!

He just wanted to tell El Elf.

Even if you learn this spell and understand the overall process of all experiments, it will be difficult to "copy" the modified warrior.

If you want to get such benefits, you must cooperate with me obediently!

Of course, Matthew wouldn't say it explicitly, so as not to hurt everyone's "harmony."

However, if the El Elves come looking for them on their own initiative, the situation will naturally be different.

Rushing is not a business.

Unfortunately, Matthew doesn't want to cooperate with the El Elves to create modified warriors yet.

The reason is also very simple. The current El elves are too strong.

At least that's true for the Gulf Territory.

If the El Elves had their own modified warriors, and after enjoying the benefits, they might concentrate a large amount of resources and manpower to overcome various technical difficulties.

Matthew never looks down on other people, after all, there are not too many examples of boats capsizing in the gutter.

Therefore, Matthew went straight to the point with Aini, with a smile on his handsome face and asked softly:

"How is the gathering of supplies for the Silver Leaf Family going?"

As soon as Matthew opened his mouth, Aini knew what he meant. She nodded without hesitation, and after thinking for a while, she said directly:

"The most important legendary element crystals have been prepared, and the remaining supplies should have been put in place one after another."

"If we start trading immediately, we can notify other families in advance."

"There are more than 20 elf families who are interested in cooperating with us."

"Especially after sending them the holographic image of the Tree of Life, they have already given us many benefits."

Matthew heard the intimacy in Aini's tone, played with the remaining tree of life seed, touched his chin, and continued thoughtfully:

"Then let's get started, after we have the third legendary element crystal."

"The Gulf Territory will build a dedicated energy element pool to meet the consumption of experimental research."

Aini couldn't help but her eyes lit up, and she immediately thought of it.

Matthew's intention in building this energy element pool was most likely to expand the scale of surgical transformation.

The reason why Aini thinks so is because in her opinion, being able to mass-produce and manufacture high-level or even extraordinary-level professionals can greatly improve the strength of the territory.

But for Matthew, the current surgical transformation is still unfinished, and the process is only half way.

What to do at this stage.

It means constantly accumulating a lot of experience, conducting improvements and research.

No matter how bad it is, we must reach the best state that the body of an ordinary professional can bear.

Seeing Ani's leaving figure, the butler Ralph next to him couldn't help but ask:

"Will the struggle between the Cole Elf Kingdom and the El Elf affect the deal between us?"

Butler Ralph spoke very implicitly, apparently talking about the matter between the Gulf Territory and the El Elves.

In fact, it was reminding Matthew.

If the Cole Elf Kingdom knows about their affairs, they will definitely not give up, so they must respond in advance!

Smiling and shaking his head, Matthew played with the token of the great arcanist of Kennoman.

He is not worried about the Elf Kingdom of Cole at all.

"The two sides have already broken each other's skin. If it were before, I might be worried about the Cole Elf Kingdom's tricks."

"There is no need to worry about this problem now, unless they want to go to war directly with the Netheril Empire."

"However, we have to make preparations and notify all members of the inspection team to ask them to always pay attention to the elves entering the territory."

"In addition, in order to prevent them from repeating their same tricks of assassination, we must also make some protective preparations."

Matthew prepared many cards, but none of them were redundant.

Two days later.

Bay Territory Underground Laboratory.

A new batch of guests arrived in the heavily guarded transmission area.

They all wore gray-black cloaks, and even the aura they emitted was restrained. It was obvious that the cloak was a magic item.

The first thing that caught their eyes was a warehouse filled with various goods.

At the front are various types of armor.

The bright and silky mage's robe is made of completely white material. It does not exude any magic aura, but it reveals a looming mystery.

Elf spellcasters took a fancy to them at first glance. Although they were not interested in their style, they were very interested in their material.

Aini, who was leading the way, noticed their gazes and introduced them to them with a smile:

"The mage's robe made of silver moon silk has not been modified and shaped by the magic circle."

"Everyone can strengthen and modify it according to their own needs, but the material of its base is absolutely excellent."

"Even if it is used to refine the robes of a senior mage, it is more than enough."

"Each mage robe only costs 600 gold coins. If you purchase 100 robes at one time, you can get a discount."

The price is really not expensive!

The several El Elf spellcasters who heard this immediately started checking.

After confirming that the quality was indeed good, they did not hesitate and each purchased 100 pieces.

The 200,000 gold coin mission is obtained!

Aini, with a little joy in her eyes, picked up a bottle of wine next to the mage's robe without hesitation.

Compared with the mage's robe, its appearance is not satisfactory.

The wine bottle made of crystal clear glass immediately attracted the attention of these El elves.

Aini opened the wine bottle directly, and the faint fragrance came out immediately.

The lavender mulberry wine slightly reflects the brilliant colors under the light.

The rich magic smell, mixed with the touching aroma of wine, immediately made the El elves feel excited.

"The wine made from the mulberries of Oriental red-leaf mulberry has the effect of restoring mana, soothing the spirit and nourishing the body."

"Each pot only requires 60 gold coins, and its effect is not weaker than a bottle of intermediate mana recovery potion. Both parties can be mixed and used to produce effects."

“If you purchase 1,000 bottles at one time, there will also be corresponding discounts.”

This is interesting!

For elves, elegance (pretending to be B) is engraved in their bones.

For higher-status spellcasters, mulberry wine is more exciting than simply taking magic potions.

In fact, mulberry wine is what Matthew prepared for the elven spellcasters.

Only arcanists and elf mages are spellcasters who consume mana to fight.

With the idea of ​​giving it a try without losing money, more spell casters also joined in, and each person bought 1,000 bottles.

If it is effective, a bottle of intermediate mana potion worth 50 gold coins will not suffer a loss.

If it doesn't work, the money won't make them feel bad.

Even taking this opportunity to laugh at the Silverleaf family and the Gulf Territory is enough for entertainment.

In addition to these two things, Matthew also specially prepared a spell book from Mordenkainen for the elf spellcasters.

The book contains more than 10 spells created by Mordenkainen, including many of them.

Because of its extremely clever concept and outstanding effects, it aroused the interest of the elf mage.

"A book costs 100,000 gold coins, and just 4 6-level spells and 1 7-level spell are completely worth the price."

The elven spellcasters from different families looked at each other, but no one bought it. The others wanted to share it, so they each dug into their pockets and bought a copy.

Another small 1 million gold coins!

Aini was extremely happy and introduced a lot of "good things" to the elf spellcasters, which attracted their generosity.

Butler Paris was not just watching, he was greeting other El elves:

"Don't be anxious, everyone. There is only one Tree of Life sapling, so only one family is destined to get it."

"However, there are other good things in the Gulf Territory, and we will definitely not let everyone leave empty-handed."

"An enhanced long-range crossbow that allows arrows to shoot farther and faster."

"Paired with the specially developed magic-breaking arrows from the Gulf Territory, it has a very good effect against the mana barrier of advanced spellcasters. You can try it."

A ranged weapon capable of dealing with spellcasters?

Many El elves came over and, under the guidance of the staff, fired at the mana barrier about 200 meters away.

Poof!

Snap!

The incredibly fast crossbow arrows pierced directly into the mana barrier without even making any unnecessary noise, piercing a steel plate along the way.

200 meters!

Shoot through the mana barrier in one fell swoop!

Extremely fast!

The El elves, who were very keen on these war weapons, immediately tried them in turn.

They had a pretty good impression of these modified demon-breaking bows and crossbows.

Although they cannot be used as a trump card against spell casters, they can suppress the caster's firepower at the fastest speed.

If paired with a marksman with excellent shooting skills, or a sufficient number of demon-breaking bows and crossbows.

It can even cause a devastating blow to a considerable number of low- and intermediate-level spellcasters.

Even some high-level spellcasters are afraid of this special weapon.

At least, they have to consume part of their mana or spell slots for defensive spells.

Invisibly, the enemy's spell casters naturally had many fewer spells to use to attack.

What a good thing!

Many El elves looked at each other and felt that the "creative idea" of the Gulf Territory was quite good.

They have made up their minds and are ready to bring this idea back to the El elves or their own family.

Why spend money on something you can make yourself?

The El elves, who are short on resources and manpower, will not sacrifice face and suffer.

Unexpectedly, Paris seemed to have guessed that they would do this, and said bluntly:

"A magic-breaking crossbow like this, which combines technology and magic, only costs 288 gold coins each, and it also comes with 10 magic-breaking arrows worth 8 gold coins."

After conversion, a demon-breaking bow and crossbow only costs 208 gold coins!

This price is lower than some primary enchanted weapons!

A few El elves who didn't believe it thought that Paris had said the price wrong, so they asked him a few questions.

"Is the price really that low? Can I get a discount if I buy in bulk?"

"If it can be purchased, how much can it supply to us?"

"Can the Demon-Breaking Crossbow be purchased? What is the price?"

"How long can the quality be guaranteed?"

"..."

These El elves were not as elegant as most people imagined. Instead, they kept asking questions very seriously.

Paris didn't say much. He just randomly picked out a few from the hundreds of demon-breaking crossbows piled behind him and motioned for them to try directly.

After getting the real feedback, El Elf was immediately moved after some discussion.

They can indeed make demon-breaking crossbows, but the cost cannot be so low.

It also takes at least 400 gold coins and corresponding manpower to achieve such an effect.

Now, as long as they spend half the price, they can buy such an excellent demon-breaking bow and crossbow, and they have lost interest in imitating it themselves.

After all, the production process of this thing is not difficult. The difficult thing is how to reduce the cost.

A total of 50,000 demon-breaking bows and crossbows!

The big order of more than 1 million gold coins made Paris immediately happy.

He quickly turned around and began to introduce other supplies and weapons and equipment to the El Elf.

A considerable part of the equipment and supplies have won the approval of the El elves.

They were very happy to pay for the purchase, and were not worried that if they spent money now, they would not be able to auction the Tree of Life saplings. Others also spent money anyway.

While the elves were generously donating their money, Matthew, with a happy smile on his face, smiled at Wildhammer who was in a daze and said:

"Brothers Wildhammer, don't worry, we in the Gulf Territory are here to eat, and we will definitely make money."

The relieved Wildhammer nodded thoughtfully.

Since the Gulf Territory still has the leisure to help the elves produce weapons and equipment, it means that they do have some spare capacity.

Thinking of this, Wildhammer was completely relieved and began to look at the various weapons and equipment in the warehouse.

Although the Gulf Territory had provided them with a lot of equipment and materials before, they had never done so many tricks as they did with the El elves.

Moreover, in the past, Wildhammer purchased more consumable luggage such as food and medicine, and most of the equipment was protective gear.

After all, dwarves believe more in building their own.

Then, they suffered a lot during this period.

To put it simply, except for some of the dwarves’ homemade crossbows and muskets.

The weapons they used, such as axes and hammers, were too ineffective against the taller Gnoll slaves.

Not long ago, Wildhammer got the news.

The Gulf Territory not only captured a piece of territory in the underworld, but also annihilated a drow camp and defeated an army of tens of thousands of drow.

Such an outstanding performance naturally made Wildhammer think a little.

The Gulf Territory can defeat the drow, why can't we dwarves?

He has seen most of the soldiers in the Gulf Territory, even those special reformed warriors. He also believed that they were just elites carefully cultivated by the Gulf Territory.

What I want to get even more is the supporting equipment for cleaning up the Gnoll slaves in the Gulf Territory.

Well, he had a pretty good idea!

8,000 today.

Asking for a monthly ticket.

rush!